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108TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 108-690
CODIFICATION OF TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE,
SHIPPING, AS POSITIVE LAW
SEPTEMBER 17, 2004.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
Mr. SENSENBRENNER, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4319]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 4319) to complete the codification of title 46, United States
Code, Shipping, as positive law, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon with an amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
The A m endm ent ..................................................................................................... 2
B ack groun d .............................................................................................................. 2
History of Title 46 Codification Efforts ................................................................. 2
Conform ity W ith Original Intent ........................................................................... 3
H earings ................................................................................................................... 3
Com m ittee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
V ote of the Com m ittee ............................................................................................ 3
Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 4
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 4
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 4
Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ..................................................................... 5
Review and Com m ents ............................................................................................ 5
D isposition Tables .................................................................................................... 15
Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion .......................................................... 31
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